Lined blind snake
Appearance
Lined blind snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Typhlopidae |
Genus: | Afrotyphlops |
Species: | A. lineolatus
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Binomial name | |
Afrotyphlops lineolatus | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Afrotyphlops lineolatus, also known as the common lined worm snake or lineolate blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae.[1][3][4] It is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east and Zambia in the south.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Afrotyphlops lineolatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 August 2018.
- ^ http://www.dahmstierleben.de
- ^ "Typhlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
Categories:
- Afrotyphlops
- Snakes of Africa
- Reptiles of West Africa
- Reptiles of Angola
- Reptiles of Cameroon
- Reptiles of the Central African Republic
- Fauna of Chad
- Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Reptiles of Ethiopia
- Fauna of the Gambia
- Fauna of Ghana
- Fauna of Guinea
- Fauna of Ivory Coast
- Reptiles of Kenya
- Fauna of Liberia
- Fauna of Niger
- Fauna of Nigeria
- Reptiles of the Republic of the Congo
- Fauna of Senegal
- Fauna of Sierra Leone
- Reptiles of South Sudan
- Vertebrates of Sudan
- Reptiles of Tanzania
- Fauna of Togo
- Reptiles of Uganda
- Reptiles of Zambia
- Taxa named by Giorgio Jan
- Reptiles described in 1863
- Scolecophidia stubs